There's nothing wrong with being an intelligent introvert. I'd say that the smartest people who have ever lived were probably very quiet people who preferred their own company. However, I think there is a difference between quietly introverted and the common usage of "anti-social".
"Anti-social" isn't just used to describe people who prefer their own company, it's used more to describe people whose ability to relate to other people is damaged in some way.
"Anti-social" people commonly lack empathy, which makes them cold people to deal with. They often have problems trying to communicate, which results in them being misunderstood. Finally, they often lack the ability to understand, which results in them being close-minded.
So yes, I think the things that being "anti-social" implies through common usage are very bad.
There are anti-social people out there who do nothing but play video games. As a game player myself, I want to distance myself from these people, because I don't want people to mistake me for an anti-social person. The fact that I even care about them suggests that I'm not.
I don't think you're anti-social, unless you weren't exaggerating the "you are all incredibly stupid and not worth my time" bit.
There's a book by Edwin Black named "IBM and the Holocaust" which details the many instances of IBM's involvement with the Nazi party.
I'm not smart enough to remember all of the key points, but the facts definitely add up that IBM knew what was happening in Germany at the time, and ironically, Nazi law should have prohibited IBM's level of involvement because IBM was not a German company.
i just started reading god emperor a few days ago, and i must say i don't think i'll ever get tired of Frank Herbert's writing style.
I know all the old characters are gone.. except for poor Duncan Idaho.. seriously, he's the perfect example of why there SHOULDN'T have been very many recurring characters in the series..
i apologize on behalf of the english-speaking world for perverting your view of a pure, single-definition language. i apologize for everyone who has ever used a term to describe something that does not quite meet the requirements of the term's original definition.
i apologize for similes, metaphors, and the continuing evolution of language. i am deeply sorry.
As another reply said, it's the FSF not GNU, and I've also heard that Stallman will not take on a legal case involving the GPL unless the copyright for the GPL software has been signed over to the FSF. I might be wrong.
hero
n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter, paladin]
I would call them heroes because of definition #3. They were fighting for the progress of the human race.
Does noone remember Quake 2? The software renderer had an option called "Stipple Alpha" which would render transparent entities such as water and glass using a stippling method. It was much faster than true alpha blending, and it got the job done. Carmacks like four years ahead of the curve as usual..
There is a reason for the up-front cost plus the ongoing monthly cost; it's just odd that so few people seem to understand that running servers that can handle thousands of simultaneous players for months at a time is an expensive thing to do.
I disagree. I think developers need to decide whether they are selling a product or a service - and not both. I wouldn't mind the subscription fees as much if the client was free but I feel it's unfair to play both ends.
The X-Box is not a piece of software. You don't buy a license to use an X-Box, you buy *an actual unit*.
Once you own a piece of hardware, you should have every right to turn it into a toaster if you feel like it. You own it. It's yours. Noone should be able to tell you what you can or can't do with it.
This is why shutting down modchip makers is frightening. We are losing the right to do whatever we want with our property.
Remember, you OWN the hardware. If you want to let uncle bob solder some strange asian chip onto it, there shouldn't be anything standing in your way, other than the voiding of the warrenty (which is fair).
It's a sad state of affairs when any business is able to release deliberately crippled products and shut down anyone who tries to un-cripple them.
Imagine if they did this in the auto industry, artificially limiting the horsepower of a Civic so you can turn it into a MX-6 by modifying the onboard computer. First, it would be a retarded thing for them to do, second, they'd be laughed out of court if they tried to stop people from selling the modifications.
Is it possible to come up with a more inflammatory title for a story? Red Hat is not my distro of choice, but I have never seen any instances of the company acting anti-competitively, and I certainly have never seen them act bastardly when it comes to releasing their source code.
Hell, they still provide full ISOs of their distro, when SuSe releases a crappy "demo" iso, and OpenBSD copyrights the layout of their retail discs.
The only "evidence" this article presents is the fact that Red Hat's "advanced server" distro might possibly have some chance of becoming proprietary. And monkeys might fly out of my butt.
And why did they repeatedly mention UnitedLinux? It makes one wonder..
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heh, you believe anyone actually follows the principles of christ anymore, besides twisting them to support the invasion of iraq?
There's nothing wrong with being an intelligent introvert. I'd say that the smartest people who have ever lived were probably very quiet people who preferred their own company. However, I think there is a difference between quietly introverted and the common usage of "anti-social".
"Anti-social" isn't just used to describe people who prefer their own company, it's used more to describe people whose ability to relate to other people is damaged in some way.
"Anti-social" people commonly lack empathy, which makes them cold people to deal with. They often have problems trying to communicate, which results in them being misunderstood. Finally, they often lack the ability to understand, which results in them being close-minded.
So yes, I think the things that being "anti-social" implies through common usage are very bad.
There are anti-social people out there who do nothing but play video games. As a game player myself, I want to distance myself from these people, because I don't want people to mistake me for an anti-social person. The fact that I even care about them suggests that I'm not.
I don't think you're anti-social, unless you weren't exaggerating the "you are all incredibly stupid and not worth my time" bit.
There's a book by Edwin Black named "IBM and the Holocaust" which details the many instances of IBM's involvement with the Nazi party.
I'm not smart enough to remember all of the key points, but the facts definitely add up that IBM knew what was happening in Germany at the time, and ironically, Nazi law should have prohibited IBM's level of involvement because IBM was not a German company.
thank god someone's finally taking the initiative, even if it is the baby-killers at the pentagon :P
the copyright holder stated in the several GPL notices from the source code is Nullsoft, Inc.
i just started reading god emperor a few days ago, and i must say i don't think i'll ever get tired of Frank Herbert's writing style.
.. worm? fuck this, stop respawning me
I know all the old characters are gone.. except for poor Duncan Idaho.. seriously, he's the perfect example of why there SHOULDN'T have been very many recurring characters in the series..
so you're a
i apologize on behalf of the english-speaking world for perverting your view of a pure, single-definition language. i apologize for everyone who has ever used a term to describe something that does not quite meet the requirements of the term's original definition.
i apologize for similes, metaphors, and the continuing evolution of language. i am deeply sorry.
I'm glad all the IEEE members will be able to read this interview. Fantastic.
You can't fire me! I QUIT!
I remember hearing that there are lots of engineers who were initially inspired by the work of Mr. Mongomery Scott.
Ie, 5 watts and 10 watts for 266Mhz 500 Mhz respectively. Scaling up linearly, that's still just 20 watts of power consumption for a 2Ghz chip.
40?
this map doesnt work with doom legacy, only the latest beta of ZDoom.
As another reply said, it's the FSF not GNU, and I've also heard that Stallman will not take on a legal case involving the GPL unless the copyright for the GPL software has been signed over to the FSF. I might be wrong.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 :
hero
n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter, paladin]
I would call them heroes because of definition #3. They were fighting for the progress of the human race.
Dear god it runs in 320x200, what did doom originally run in?
320x200.
C OS - Every single task you want to achieve has to be split into fifty bite size actions.
Also known under the informal name "Unix"
Does noone remember Quake 2? The software renderer had an option called "Stipple Alpha" which would render transparent entities such as water and glass using a stippling method. It was much faster than true alpha blending, and it got the job done. Carmacks like four years ahead of the curve as usual..
It's official, India is smarter than the USA. Sorry, couldn't resist.
xmms's source code is available
The X-Box is not a piece of software. You don't buy a license to use an X-Box, you buy *an actual unit*.
Once you own a piece of hardware, you should have every right to turn it into a toaster if you feel like it. You own it. It's yours. Noone should be able to tell you what you can or can't do with it.
This is why shutting down modchip makers is frightening. We are losing the right to do whatever we want with our property.
Remember, you OWN the hardware. If you want to let uncle bob solder some strange asian chip onto it, there shouldn't be anything standing in your way, other than the voiding of the warrenty (which is fair).
It's a sad state of affairs when any business is able to release deliberately crippled products and shut down anyone who tries to un-cripple them.
Imagine if they did this in the auto industry, artificially limiting the horsepower of a Civic so you can turn it into a MX-6 by modifying the onboard computer. First, it would be a retarded thing for them to do, second, they'd be laughed out of court if they tried to stop people from selling the modifications.
Mod-chips are a God given right.
CDex is the best damn CD ripper I've ever used. Period. It's better than all of the commercial, shareware, freeware, EVERYTHING I've tried.
It's open source, it doesn't have a *nix version, but it gets even more open source points for having integrated Vorbis encoding (1.0 baby, YEAH!!)
It gets my vote.
"Is Red Hat the Microsoft of Linux?"
Is it possible to come up with a more inflammatory title for a story? Red Hat is not my distro of choice, but I have never seen any instances of the company acting anti-competitively, and I certainly have never seen them act bastardly when it comes to releasing their source code.
Hell, they still provide full ISOs of their distro, when SuSe releases a crappy "demo" iso, and OpenBSD copyrights the layout of their retail discs.
The only "evidence" this article presents is the fact that Red Hat's "advanced server" distro might possibly have some chance of becoming proprietary. And monkeys might fly out of my butt.
And why did they repeatedly mention UnitedLinux? It makes one wonder..
"She will not be rushed, pressured, bullied, or pampered."
How the hell will she deal with these situations when she hits Real Life(tm)?